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COMMON FORMS
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Mississippi
In Mississippi elder abuse is described as follows:
Abuse means the willful or non-accidental infliction of physical pain, injury or mental anguish on a vulnerable adult, the unreasonable confinement of a vulnerable adult, or the willful deprivation by a caretaker of services which are necessary to maintain the mental and physical health of a vulnerable adult. Abuse includes sexual abuse. Abuse includes, but is not limited to, a single incident.
Exploitation means the illegal or improper use of a vulnerable adult or his resources for another's profit or advantage, with or without the consent of the vulnerable adult, and includes acts committed pursuant to a power of attorney.
Neglect means either the inability of a vulnerable adult who is living alone to provide for himself the food, clothing, shelter, health care or other services which are necessary to maintain his mental and physical health, or failure of a caretaker to supply the vulnerable adult with the food, clothing, shelter, health care, supervision or other services which a reasonably prudent person would do to maintain the vulnerable adult's mental and physical health.
Here are some links for reference on elder abuse in the state of Mississippi:
http://www.mscode.com/…/0005.htm
http://www.msdh.state.ms.us
http://www.mdhs.state.ms.us/fcs_aps.html
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